Pre-poll voting well underway

More than 13,000 Canberrans have already cast their votes for the ACT election.

Six pre-polling centres opened this week ahead of the October 20 election.

ACT electoral commissioner Phil Green says pre-poll voting is a good alternative for people who may be out of town on polling day.

"To be able to cast a pre-poll vote people have to declare that they're not able to get to a polling place on polling day, so if they are able to get to a polling place on October 20, then that's what they should do. There will be 80 polling places right across the ACT on election day," he said.

"But if you can't get to a polling place and you can get to a pre-poll centre that that's a convenient place to vote."

Mr Green says an election guide will be delivered to households over the next week to help people with the voting process.

"It's quite a detailed guide and it will hopefully tell you everything that you want to know about the whole voting process in the ACT election," he said.

"It's got a list of all the polling places, and it's got maps of all the electorates and shows you where the polling places are.

"It also tells you a bit about how to vote, and how the Hare Clarke system works."

The pre-poll centres at the Belconnen Community Centre, Pilgrim House in Civic, the Downer Business Park, the Gungahlin Library, The Salvation Army Hall in Tuggeranong, and The Smith Family in Woden.